Mitochondrial genomes of extinct aurochs survive in domestic cattle

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Achilli, Alessandro ^a   Olivieri, Anna ^a   Pellecchia, Marco ^b   Uboldi, Cristina ^a   Colli, Licia ^b   Al Zahery, Nadia ^a,c   Accetturo, Matteo ^a   Pala, Maria ^a   Kashani, Baharak Hooshiar ^a   Perego, Ugo A ^a,d   Battaglia, Vincenza ^a   Fornarino, Simona ^a   Kalamati, Javad ^e   Houshmand, Massoud ^e   Negrini, Riccardo ^b   Semino, Ornella ^a   Richards, Martin ^f   Macaulay, Vincent ^g   Ferretti, Luca ^a   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^h   Ajmone Marsan, Paolo ^b   Torroni, Antonio ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^d Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATTLE; GENETICS; LETTER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYLOGENY;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 39149101816     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.019     Document Type: Letter

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